The Johari Window is an album about experiencing trauma and dealing with its aftermath. It is The Singular’s third, and likely final, full length album. Shortly after recording the album the band decided it was time to move on to other projects. They remain open to working together in the future.

The Johari Window was recorded in The Singular’s practice and recording space in Kent, Ohio. It was written with a collaborative process that involved lead singer and primary songwriter, James Pequignot, recording a rough acoustic track, to which he sung a melody with mumbled gibberish words. Members of the band would try their hands at interpreting these incoherent mumbles. The interpretations were edited by Pequignot, used as inspiration, and incorporated into the final lyrics. Unlike the bands previous releases, this lead to most members having a hand in the songwriting process. While guitarist Miles Cobbs was not involved lyrically, he was a prolific collaborator musically, and helped craft interesting musical turns for the songs to take.

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All songs written and arranged by The Singular Lyrics for Sharp Attack and Trip by James Pequignot Lyrics for Cars CAN Escape by James Pequignot and Mark Bradbourne Music for Sharp Attack by James Pequignot and Miles Cobbs Produced by The Singular Engineered, mixed, and mastered by James Pequignot

Album art contains public domain images obtained from the library of congress: www.loc.gov

Blood is the first of The Singular’s three song collections. It was recorded in their studio and rehearsal space in Kent, OH. It is their first recorded work to include their new guitar player, Miles Cobbs. After a long songwriting cold streak The Singular returns with their strongest material ever, born out of new and more collaborative writing techniques.

Artifacts is The Singular’s second full length album. It is their first to feature new drummer Mark Bradbourne. Artifacts was recorded over a weekend at keyboard player Nichole Catalano-Miller’s house. After a failed Kickstarter campaign the band pooled its own resources to purchase recording equipment and produced the album themselves. Lead singer, James Pequignot, finished post production over the next few months, and more than once abandoned his current progress and started from scratch.

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All songs written by James Pequignot All songs arranged by The Singular, except Artifacts from Childhood Filtered Through Hindsight, En Empty Arm and a Full IV Bag, Electric Chair, and Wisdumb Teeth arranged by The Singular and Jason Chicatelli

Artifacts was recorded by The Singular in Nichole Catalano-Miller’s house on the weekend of March 2nd, 2013, with additional recording and production done in James Pequignot’s home studio. The album was engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered by James Pequignot

“The Riddle of God” sample on God Turned His Head, was recorded and produced by freesound.org user Puniho. It was used under the creative commons license and can be found at the free sound project. www.freesound.org

The Singular would like to thank: Amber Pequignot, Nicky Mortensen, Eric Miller, Rose Bradbourne, Bryton Catalano-Miller, Declan Catalano-Miller, Jill Bradbourne, Jenna Bradbourne, Peter Nincompoop, Jason Chicatelli, David Bon, Corey Stevens, anyone who ever babysat the Catalano-Miller children during practice/tour/gigs, coffee, and beer. They would also like to thank each other in a multitude of mind numbing variations

This is the Supplimental release to Artifacts. It contains the songs we would prefer for radio promotion, including an edited version of one that removes the extended intro. It also contains two additional songs from the recording sessions for Artifacts that were not used on the album, and some fun, NSFW, studio banter.

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All songs written by James Pequignot All songs arranged by The Singular, except Electric Chair and Slow Sad and Long arranged by The Singular and Jason Chicatelli

Recorded by The Singular in Nichole Catalano-Miller’s house on the weekend of March 2nd, 2013, with additional recording and production done in James Pequignot’s home studio. The album was engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered by James Pequignot

The Singular would like to thank: Amber Pequignot, Nicky Mortensen, Eric Miller, Bryton Catalano-Miller, Declan Catalano-Miller, Peter Nincompoop, Jason Chicatelli, David Bon, Corey Stevens, anyone who ever babysat the Catalano-Miller children during practice/tour/gigs, coffee, and beer. They would also like to thank each other in a multitude of mind numbing variations

The Sad Machine is The Singular’s first full length album as well as the first album to feature long time bassist and keyboard player, Terry Mortensen, and Nichole Catalano. The bulk of the tracking was done in a five hour session in Jonathan Rogers’ basement, with the help of Rogers, and Andy Puch. This session took place in December of 2008 while front man James Pequignot was home from his short lived excursion to Los Angeles for Christmas. The only other instrumental tracking was of Pequignot’s parent’s piano, which was done in their living room shortly after the initial tracking. The album was then produced, mixed, and mastered during the remainder of Pequignot’s time in LA. The final touches were put into place after he returned home to North East Ohio in February of 2010.

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All songs written by James Pequignot Except The Devils Two Step, and When the World Ends, written by James Pequignot and Jeremey Poparad

The Sad Machine was recorded by Andy Puch, Jonathan Rogers, and James Pequignot in Jonathan Rogers’ basement, James Pequignot’s bedroom, and James Pequignot’s parent’s livingroom. The album was produced, mixed, and mastered by James Pequignot

The melancholy clappers on traveling salesman problem, and the ghostly whispers on patience as a virtue were: Amber Manfredi, Nicky Mortenson, James Pequignot, Terry Mortensen, and Jordan Valentine

The free-jazz trumpet samples on The Devil’s Two Step, and the violin solo on The Traveling Salesman Problem were recorded by kaponja and FreqMan respectively. They were used under the creative commons license and can be found at the free sound project. www.freesound.org

The singular would like to thank: Andy Puch, Jonathan Rogers, Amber Manfredi, Nicky Mortensen, Eric Miller, Bryton Catalano-Miller, Declan Catalano-Miller, Eric Sandt, Charlie, anyone who ever babysat the Catalano-Miller children during practice, and coffee. They would also like to thank each other in a multitude of mind numbing variations

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This album was my big dumb, heartbroken, masterpiece. It took three years to write, record, and release. Then I signed an ill fated record deal in 2010 and they asked me to remove all of my existing content from the web. I probably haven’t listened to it since then. I put it on the other night and realized it’s pretty great. A little rough here and there, mostly cause I played all the instruments, including the drums, but it’s quirky, stumbly, loose, and also heartfelt and good. Now it’s back. I hope you enjoy it.

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released December 3, 2009

All songs written by James Pequignot. All instrumentation by James Pequignot except accordion on “New York,” and slide guitar, bass, and omnicord on “Omnilin,” by Evan Tachovsky. Engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered by James Pequignot

The Singular’s second recording, Death by Radio, was recorded at soft touch studio, a basement recording space operated by good friend of the band, Andy Putch. This was the bands final recording to feature their original bass player, Tim. While more polished sounding than their first EP, Death by Radio did not garner nearly as much commercial attention as the bands debut EP, even though it contains what front man James Pequignot considers to be their most radio friendly track, Super Highway. This recording contains fan favorites, One Small Step, a song about Neil Armstrong, and Styrene, the story of a man dying as the result of a Styrene chemical spill. Pequignot commissioned friend, classmate, and profoundly talented artist Adri Wichert to create the cover.